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Once again, Sprint and T-Mobile failed to work out a deal to merge the two carriers, so SoftBank Group, Sprint’s parent company, looks to do the next best thing: double down on its US-based company and hope for the best.

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Sprint and T-Mobile merger plans are officially canceled

Sprint and T-Mobile have both confirmed that the two wireless carriers have ended months of internal discussions to merge their companies. Both of them issued their own press releases announcing that the mergers talk have …

With the news, SoftBank Group increased its ownership of Sprint from around 82 percent to 85 percent, an increase that SoftBank Group CEO and Chairman Masayoshi Son said was necessary in order to give Sprint a good position in the future:

We are entering an era where billions of new connected devices and sensors will come online throughout the United States. Continuing to own a world class mobile network is central to our vision of ubiquitous connectivity. Sprint is a critical part of our plan to ensure that we can deliver our vision to American consumers and we are very confident in its future.

As for the news that SoftBank Group will increase its stake in Sprint, it could buy the US carrier more time to improve its network and make its offerings more attractive to would-be customers. It also tells us that SoftBank Groupwas not going to leave Sprint in the dust if a merger with T-Mobile would fall through.